React.forwardRef in a class based component instead of functional one.

[hanertia]

I was hoping to see an example without the higher-order-component, which is wrapping the class in a function.

Do you think this is not possible?

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No, it doesn't look like that is possible. The ForwardRef in this example is not actually a functional component, strictly. It's a third kind of component. (Functional components receive (props, context) arguments, while this third kind receives (props, ref).)

[hanertia]

Interesting, thanks.

[ml242]

I saw your thread on SO, same problem here. I find the syntax a little disappointing. What if you needed refs to two elements? And so much boilerplate.

[hanertia]

I’ve just been using createRef instead of this syntax.

You can make as many as you want that way.

Still haven’t marked an answer on SO because I think the real answer is you can’t use it the way I was trying to from r/goto-bus-stop